> It's a bad reason to give up programming.
It wasn't the reason I decided not to go into programming, but it may be
part of the reason I stopped dabbling in it. I changed my major from
computer science to architecture junior year because I was sick of pulling
all-nighters in the computer centers and didn't feel like I was obsessed
enough to be a really good programmer. I wanted to do something more
creative. Architecture turned out to be a really bad field to graduate in
during the early nineties; there were no jobs. I ended up as a draftsperson
in a small structural engineering firm (12 people).
Since I'm the only one in the office who's really knowledgeable about
computers, I'm in charge of them. However, I still don't want to work with
them full time. The old reasons for not doing it are still there. Now, I'm
working towards becoming a structural engineer. That makes use of my
architecture degree, and it's still a technical field. However, it involves
more communication and a greater variety of skills.
But you're right - I should start programming again. The thing is, what I
really want to learn is Mac programming. I want to write programs that
involve graphics & 3-D modeling. It's kind of ambitious and I don't know
where to start. It's a lot different than the plain Pascal and C I used to
use on DOS and MTS.
(Sorry if this is off topic)
Deidre Calarco
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